President Don Hagopian called the
meeting to order at 7:05 pm, with 31 people present. Again, Rocky’s donated
their banquet room for our meeting.

Don Hagopian welcomed everyone to
an abbreviated meeting so we could get to our guest speaker and announced
some important dates (listed below). He also passed out an information
sheet on how to help out our neighbor airport, Agua Dulce.

Don
then introduced the manager at WHP, John Frymyer, who updated us on what
was happening.The following is a list of things
discussed.1. Do your part to help out Agua
Dulce2. March meeting there will be
a fire extinguisher demo3. February 15th accident with
no injuries4. We have been filling in the
edges of the runway and taxiways5. We will be updating some of
the bathrooms6. EAA and Optimists and WHP will
hold their annual Air Fair May 21, 2005. They are pooling their efforts
into one function.7. Wind Tee almost done and is
ready to move, wind sock has been moved to accommodate it8. 99’s will hold their annual
Poker Run on April 99. Commissioners Meeting will be
at Brackett 10am 2/23/0510. Girl Scouts will have an aviation
day here in October11. There will be a Cirrus Expo
March 25 & 26John Frymyer then took a few questions
from the audience.

Dave Kolstad, Treasurer, gave his
report. Checking account, after some expenses, $1,566.17.Dave also reported on the Air Rallye
to be held on April 2 (weather back-up April 16) Meet at WHP at the park
benches in the morning and you will be given the route with checkpoints.
You will then have to figure out how long and how much fuel you will use;
closest calculation wins the prizes. Faster planes take off first.
Further info will follow.

Shellie Hagopian, Secretary, gave
her report. 187 members and 108 on auxiliary mailing list.2005 dues are now payable; still
$10 per year.

Bill Fenimore, Vice-President, commended
the Hagopians on their dedication to making the Display Days such a success
with great Hot Dogs.

The meeting was adjourned around
7:30. We then had our Guest Speaker from the FAA, Steve Shakleford with
the topic: Winter Flying and Icing.Steve started off by mentioning
that the Flight Service Stations will be cutting its force significantly.
When you get a weather briefing across the country, make sure you are talking
to someone local to that part of the country. He also stated the
importance of checking for TFR’s. They are a way of life now.
He then began his talk on Icing. He also showed a video on how a chain
of bad weather advice could
adversely affect a pilot’s decision-making when flying in bad weather that
led to a deadly crash. He brought in an actual wing of
an airplane that had been stuffed with dry ice to demonstrate how ice accumulates
just because the cold attracts whatever moisture is in the air not even
needing added precipitation. And then the reaction when added precipitation
is introduced. It was an impressive hands-on demonstration. He even
had audience members participate in some of the demo. He also passed
out a quiz for us to take, the person with the lowest score got the “Twinkie
Award”( an actual twinkie cake, and boy, was it tasty). Moral
to this story: Don’t fly if the weather is bad or turn around and
get out of it quickly. Everyone enjoyed the Talk and Demo.

The Whiteman Airport Association
general meeting in February drew an enthusiastic crowd to hear guest speaker
Mr. John Shakelford. The subject was "Winter Flying - Demonstration of
Wing Icing". He's seen above with Association President Don Hagopian (left)
and Vice President Bill Fenimore (right). Mr. Shakelford brought
an actual wing section that he chilled with dry ice to demonstrate how
ice is formed. He explained the different kinds of ice and the flying conditions
that produce them. Most members agreed the presentation was both
interesting and very educational.

Your association plans to have many
more top-notch speakers at our meetings. Plan to attend on the third Thursday
of each month.